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If you do wind up traveling in the States you'll want to investigate health insurance. Should something should happen and you need medical care it can be terribly expensive. I'm still lobbying for Argentina, frankly. Mexico, as Luis says, would be good too.

I'd spend some time browsing through guidebooks: Rough Guide, Lonely Planet and Time Out are all worth perusing. there are also lots of websites that often have message boards attached with picks and pans posted by travellers that have been there the planning is as much a part of the trip...

yep, a merry unbirthday to Squiggs, and to you too, Kuulani! :swing: nice cake... :brow:

since you speak Spanish, why don't you check out Argentina? you can ski some of the longest runs in the world there in August, for instance... very diverse topography, and if you limit the amount of time you spend in the cities your money will travel further...but that's the case in every...

you can go visit a confluence... there are a few that haven't been mapped yet... http://www.confluence.org/index.php seriously, though... what sorta trip interests you? outdoors? city? a combination? do you speak any languages besides English? are you adventurous or do you need reliable...

hmm... I do like that part of the world... :shrug:

I adore artichokes. I'll steam the larger ones and dip the leaves in aioli (garlic mayonnaise). For a very short time they have baby artichokes available in certain Italian groceries here. About the size of a golf ball, they haven't developed their choke yet so you can eat the whole thing...

what she said... and to all those who devote their time and energy to running this board: :worship:

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good fences make good neighbours... :D

not sure yet... I have friends who keep an apartment in lower Manhattan... if that's not available then probably some hotel in Chelsea

thanks... I forgot to add a few more: I'd study flamenco in Spain, learn Portuguese and the samba in Brazil, go dog sledding across the Brooks Range in Alaska, and trek in Butan... :love3:

I'm NOT digging it... scrolling down forever to find the friggin last reply is annoying... guess I'll just have to get used to editing every single reply I get :eh:

sure, Boo! I love NYC... it's been years since I've been and I'm just itching to reacquaint myself with it... er... you don't mind if we spend most of the time in galleries and museums, do you? ;)

I'm thinking that there's just under a month until my long weekend in NYC! :swing:

I wouldn't buy ANYTHING. I'd get RID of everything. No possessions except what would fit in a small carry on bag. I'd travel the world, spending 6 mos, a year or longer in each place. I'd start in Iceland, travel through Scandinavia and spend a winter or more in Lapland. Then on through...

MONA LISAS & MAD HATTERS Music by elton john Lyrics by bernie taupin Available on the album honky château And now I know Spanish harlem are not just pretty words to say I thought I knew But now I know that rose trees never grow in new york city Until you’ve seen this trash can...

:grinyes: Negra is yummy.. but when I want to treat myself I splurge and buy Trappist beer... Chimay or Duvel (Belgian ale) :love:

I know what you mean. I have a tendency to feel guilty for all the wonderful things in my life. When I get depressed I feel worse, because except for the accident of birth, I did nothing to deserve them. I have no advice to you except for three words I read a long time ago that seem to help me...

:hbd: sorry the day wasn't joyous... but I find that the more sharply defined joy becomes, the rarer it is... and the better it feels when it does arrive :hug: